by The Editors on October 11, 2008
We’ve just returned from our first Carlsbad City Council Candidates Forum held this morning at 9 AM in the club house of The Lakeshore Garden’s Mobile Home Park on the southwest corner of Poinsettia and Avenida Encinas.
As we mentioned on our Twitter feed our first reaction was horror. But there is more to it than that. First off, it is amazing to us that the candidates actually show up for these meetings. There were maybe 55 people in the audience (most well over 60 years old) and most were residents of the Lakeshore gardens.
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by The Editors on October 10, 2008
We’ll all have another chance to see the candidates for Carlsbad City Council together in one spot as The Lakeshore Gardens Association hosts a Candidate Forum at 9 am Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Clubhouse One located at 7255 San Luis St.
There’s nothing like a mobile home crowd to ask all the tough questions.
by The Editors on October 10, 2008
The San Diego Union-Tribune has posted their Carlsbad City Council candidate questionnaires online so we all can check in on the positions of all six candidates. Click each name for responses to the U-T’s questions:
Nothing really new in theses statements, however after reading them all we’re feeling even better about Evan Rodgers and her plans for Carlsbad.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on October 8, 2008
At a candidates forum on Monday Carlsbad City Council candidate Glenn Bernard claimed that Norine Sigafoose told him that credit cards were being “wildly abused by city personnel” and that she resigned in February 2007 because she “feared a brewing credit-card scandal,” according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
“That’s just ludicrous. I never said it and I didn’t think it,” Sigafoose said. “There has never to my knowledge been any hint of credit-card fraud.
Bernard said he would take a lie-detector test, but it appears no one has taken him up on it. This race continues to get more and more interesting by the day.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on October 6, 2008
Carlsbadistan City Council candidates Thomas K. Arnold, Evan Rodgers, and Ann Kulchin out campaigning together at the Rotary Oktoberfest at Holiday Park on Saturday, October 4, 2008.
Kind of reminds us of a song that we used to sing: One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn’t belong. . . let’s just say since we only have two votes we’ll probably start in the middle and move left.
by The Editors on September 27, 2008
The Rotary Club Forum on Thursday evening at the Hilton Garden’s Inn was the talk of town on Friday. Candidate Thomas K. Arnold was particularly impressed with Evan Rodgers.
Evan gave an absolutely terrific performance today at the Rotary Club forum. She spoke incredibly well and showed everyone she is not just a single-issue candidate–she talked about art in the village and presented all sorts of other creative, and very viable, ideas. Very smart, very personable, and I honestly believe if she got elected Carlsbad would be a better place.
We completely agree with Mr. Arnold, and for the record are liking him more and more as the weeks go on.
For more on the forum click the link for the story from the San Diego Union-Tribune.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by Richard J. Riehl on September 26, 2008
Carlsbad’s mayor, unlike most politicians, doesn’t like to make speeches. Bud Lewis prefers video presentations for his yearly State of the City reports.
They’re undoubtedly more enjoyable than the usual drone of self-congratulations. But I wonder if it’s worth sacrificing substance for entertainment value. Was his latest annual report, delivered last month at the La Costa Resort, just another taste of Bud light?
This year’s 24-minute version, titled “Challenge and Opportunity,” opens with quick-time images of clogged freeways and a bustling downtown. Off-camera voices accompany the frenetic scenes, residents expressing their individual concerns: “We’re runnin’ out of water,” “Don’t allow huge buildings to go in,” “A few of the shops down the street have gone out of business,” “I’m really disappointed at parking fees at Tamarack Beach.”
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by The Editors on September 17, 2008
In a 4-to-1 vote the City Council upheld a planning commission decision sending Carlsbad Boat Club owners Jim Courtney and Michael Pfankuch back to the drawing board on their plans to develop a 25-unit time-share unit on a 1-acre lot on the north shore of Agua Hedionda Lagoon, according to a Barbara Henry story in the North County Times.
Council members, including Hall, said Tuesday that it was time for the two men to “go back and listen to the neighbors” and revise their plans.
Wonder how differently that vote would have gone if Courtney or Pfankuch were on the City Council?
[Link: North County Times]
by Richard J. Riehl on September 12, 2008
The biggest challenge facing Carlsbad’s leaders in the near future will be to agree on spending priorities without the safety net of an ample reserve fund.
The city’s yearly budget surpluses may soon disappear because of the planned opening of new city facilities and a reduction in new development as the city reaches build-out.
Enter the Carlsbad Six, City Council candidates ranging in age from 19 to 74.
Their campaign Web sites suggest they can be divided into three groups: the Insiders, the Outsiders, and the Long Shots.
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by The Editors on August 28, 2008
After nearly 20 years in a “temporary” double-wide firestation the Carlsbad Fire Department has finally moved into their new 6,200-square-foot facility on Rancho Santa Fe Road. And the coolest part: this station has a fire pole, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
“Most Southern California stations are one story,” so they don’t need fire poles, said Carlsbad Battalion Chief Jim Torretto, who oversees facilities for the city Fire Department. . . . He said that despite the pole, there won’t be any scenes of firefighters jumping out of bed at the sound of an alarm, diving into turnout gear and sliding down the pole.
We’re glad they have the station they need, and we’re pretty sure those clever firemen will find at least one good use for that fire pole. . .
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
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